Though small, its venom can cause serious, life-altering tissue damage through necrosis. While rarely fatal, a bite can leave permanent scars. This live-bearing viper is commonly found close to the ...

Agamas are not protected in Florida except by anti-cruelty law and can be humanely killed on private property with landowner ...

The Saskatoon Forestry Farm & Zoo is now home to a pair of Gila monsters, venomous lizards that live primarily in Arizona and Mexico. Their venom played a significant role in the development of drugs ...

King Cobra eats other snakes. Desert Kingsnake eats mammals and lizards. King Cobra's venom and size make it a better fighter. Desert Kingsnake relies on constriction. King Cobra would likely win ...

Referred to as “legless lizards”, slow worms are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, meaning it is an offence to kill, injure or sell them. The Woodland Trust says ...

A routine ice cream treat turned into a disturbing ordeal for a woman and her family after she allegedly discovered a lizard’s tail inside a cone ice cream purchased from a Havmor outlet in the ...

Officials have fine the ice cream company (Stock photo for representational purposes only)Photo Credit: Pexels (for representational purposes only) A woman from Ahmedabad's Maninagar area fell ...

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Credit: Kevin Blackwell / Amphibian Foundation A tiny fossil vertebra tucked away for decades has rewritten the history of a charismatic lizard. Long thought to be a modern invasive species, tegus ...